On Tuesday diners and staff at an Albuquerque Cracker Barrel were stunned to see a group of officers rush in and chase down Anthony Lujan.

Slew of cops follow man from scene of flipped truck into Cracker Barrel

On Tuesday diners and staff at an Albuquerque Cracker Barrel were stunned to see a group of officers rush in and chase down Anthony Lujan.

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Updated: 6:08 PM MST Jan 28, 2016

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WEBVTT OFFICER'S LAPEL VIDEO. IT'S TUESDAY AFTERNOON NEAR COORS AND SEQUOIA, A TRUCK FLIPS OVER APD OFFICERS IN PURSUIT. THE SUSPECT INSIDE ANTHONY LUJAN RUNS FROM THEM DUCKING INTO THE NEARBY CRACKER BARRELL. OFFICERS RACE TO THE RESTARANT. IT'S FULL OF PEOPLE. THEY BELIEVE LUJAN IS ARMED. PD INSIDE CRACKER BARREL. PD INSIDE CRACKER BARREL. REPORTER: BERNIE TAPIA, A WAITER HERE, WAS INSIDE EATING ON HIS DAY OFF, WHEN HE HEARD POLICE SCREAMING, DROP YOUR WEAPON. THERE WAS 15, MAYBE 20 OFFICERS WHO STORMED IN HERE. REPORTER: LAPEL CAMERA SHOWS ALL THE CHOAS WHEN LUJAN IS SPOTTED BEHIND A DISPLAY IN THE FRONT. PUT YOUR HANDS UP, RIGHT NOW. PUT YOUR HANDS UP. OF COURSE WE HAD ALL THE GUESTS RUNNING TOWARD THE EXIT AND ME AND ONE OF MY COWORKERS RAN TO THE FRONT TO HELP, IF WE COULD. REPORTER: OFFICERS ARREST LUJAN CUFFING HIM AS HE'S ON THE GROUND. ONE IN CUSTODY. REPORTER: AND TAKE HIM OUTSIDE. IT WAS A REALLY WILD SITUATION. SOMETHING I HOPE TO NEVER WITNESS AGAIN. REPORTER: TAPIA SAYS IT WAS OVER FAST. THINKING BACK. HE'S STILL STUNNED A CRACKER BARREL WHERE MANY FAMILIES GO WAS THE PLACE THIS ARMED SUSPECT TRIED TO HIDE. NOBODY WAS HURT, THANK GOD. APD DID A REALLY AWESOME JOB OF HANDLING THE SITUATION. REPORTER: OFFICERS THEN GO BACK TO TRUCK LUJAN WAS IN. IT'S FLIPPED OVER IN THE MIDDLE OF ONE OF THE BUSIEST ROADS ON THE CITY'S WEST SIDE. LUJAN IS WANTED FOR A STRING OF OTHER VIOLENT CRIMES ALL IN THE PAST MONTH. HE FACES CHARGES FOR ALLEGEDLY BEATING HIS GIRFRIEND; IN A SEPARATE CASE. HE'S ACCUSED OF BADLY ABUSING HIS GIRLFREND'S 2-YEAR-OLD SON. AND OF COURSE FOR THE STINT HERE. HE FACES NUMEROUS CHARGES, INCLUDING AGGRAVATED ASSAULT ON AN OFFICER, BECAUSE BEFORE CRASHING THE TRUCK LUJAN ALLEGEDLY DROVE THE TRUCK RIGHT AT AN OFFICER, WHO HAD TO JUMP OUT OF THE WAY. LUJAN'S BOND WAS SET AT 15,000

Slew of cops follow man from scene of flipped truck into Cracker Barrel

On Tuesday diners and staff at an Albuquerque Cracker Barrel were stunned to see a group of officers rush in and chase down Anthony Lujan.